Authorities in the Gambia have vowed to come down heavily on Former Jammeh-era Minister Yankuba Touray who was arrested Wednesday for refusing to incriminate himself at the truth commission. Abubacarr Tambadou , Attorney General and minister of Justice minister said Mr Touray’s actions and conduct were contemptuous and disrespectful to[Read More…]
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Gambia: Charges Against Yankuba Touray, FJC Shelved
State prosecutors in the Gambia Wednesday withdrew all charges against two senior officials of the previous regime of Yahya Jammeh accused of interfering with the work of the ongoing truth commission. Fatoumata Jahumpa-Ceesay, a former speaker of the Gambia’s National Assembly and Yankuba Touray, a former AFPRC junta member and[Read More…]
US Revokes Fatou Bensouda’s Visa Over Afghanistan Inquiry
By Patrick Wintour and Owen Bowcott in London and Julian Borger in Washington The US has revoked the visa of the international criminal court’s chief prosecutor in response to her intention to investigate potential war crimes by US soldiers in Afghanistan, The Guardian Newspaper has reported. A statement from the[Read More…]
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